Alt-J bring dazzling lightshow to the Main Stage at Reading Festival

Band perform hits from their Mercury Prize debut 'An Awesome Wave' and 'This Is All Yours'

Alt-J warmed up for Reading Festival headliners Mumford and Sons tonight (August 28), performing a set which drew from their 2012 Mercury Prize winning debut ‘An Awesome Wave’ and 2014 follow-up ‘This Is All Yours’.

The four-piece performed an hour set on the Main Stage which saw them cloaked in smoke and a dazzling light show.

Kicking off with Miley Cyrus-sampling ‘Hunger Of The Pine’, the band played two tracks from their debut before they brought in second album single ‘Left-Hand Free’.

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The band, who were returning to the festival for a third time, said very little throughout their set other than when keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton admitted he was humbled by the size of the crowd, early on.

“It’s amazing to be back at Reading. Wow,” he said.

Alt-J performed a number of singles from their debut including ‘Matilda’ and ‘Tessellate’ before they brought the show to a close with ‘Nara’ and ‘Breezeblocks’.